LaurenG2007

Down in the trenches, gasping for air
the gasses covering the sky above
crouched down as low as we could
hoping to miss the flare of the guns

living like this is no way to be
but we all stay strong for our country
muddy water went up to our knees
trench foot arose and so did disease
dead bodies of soilders we knew
face down and shot, its sad but true
decomposers eat them away
as we watched their bodies decay

shellshock is all around
and fear is in everyones eyes
worries of never coming home start to arise
everyone anxious to get home to families
but to us it seems as if its been centuries

sometimes its silent
i wonder if its my turn
will i die of ever return?
back to our homes cause its been so long
back to peace back to our lives
back to when everything was fine
of this i dream, i will be strong.